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{{Infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict          = Ninvite War
| conflict          = Ninvite War
| partof            = [[Fahrani-Charnean conflict]]
| partof            =  
| image            = {{multiple image
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| border                  = infobox
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| total_width              = 295
| date              = 19 December 1975 – 24 September 1986<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=12|day1=19|year1=1975|month2=09|day2=24|year2=1986}})
| perrow = 1/2/2/2/2
| place            = [[Ajax#Scipia|East Scipia]], [[Ninva|Ninva desert]]
| image1 = Iranian Troops in Forward Trenches during Iran Iraq War.jpg
| image2 = BGM-71 TOW, Iran-Iraq War.jpg
| image3 = Iran Iraq War Start Attack on Tehran Airport- Destroyed Phantom.jpg
| image4 = Iran-Iraq War, color photos – Defapress (05) (cropped).jpg
| image5 = House of Sheikholeslam of Esfahan bombarded during the Iran-Iraq War in 1986.jpg
| image6 = Nigerian soldiers during Gulf War 2.jpg
| image7 = Iraqi Su-25 - Gulf War 1991.jpg
| image8 = Disabled Iraqi T-55 tank at the Jalibah Airfield.JPEG
| image9 = Iranian Northrop F-5 during Iran-Iraq war.jpg}}
| image_caption = Clockwise from top: Fahrani forces in forward trenches, destroyed Fahrani fighter-bomber in the opening hours of the war, Hamath old city district damaged by bombing, (SU 25 DOWNED), Mutulese K'akmul 5 fighter-bombers delivered to the Charnean air force, entrenched Fahrani armor disabled by air strikes, mobilized Charnean infantry units, combat on the Ihemod line, improvised Charnean anti-tank vehicle.
| image_size        = 300px   
| date              = 17 April 1985 – 10 December 1987<br />({{Age in years, months, weeks and days|month1=04|day1=17|year1=1985|month2=12|day2=10|year2=1987}})
| place            = [[Fahran]], [[Charnea]], [[Happara]], [[Ninva|Ninva desert]]
| territory        = {{wp|Status quo ante bellum|No territorial changes}}
| territory        = {{wp|Status quo ante bellum|No territorial changes}}
| result            = Stalemate; both sides claim victory
| result            = Charnean victory
* Fahrani failure to capture Charnean territories and bolster Gharib separatism in [[Hatheria]].
* Military defeat of the Hatherian liberation movement
* Charnean failure to destroy Fahrani military power.
* Negotiated disbandment of the Hatha
* Fahrani dictator [[Sabir Afzal Rahmani]] steps down.  
* Fahrani dictator [[Sabir Afzal Rahmani]] steps down.  
* Treaty of Kahrash establishes armistice.  
* Treaty of New Tyria establishes armistice.  
| combatant1        = '''{{flag|Fahran}}'''
| combatant1        =  
{{Collapsible list
| combatant2        =
| bullets = no
| commander1        =  
| title = '''Supported by:'''
| commander2        =  
|{{flag|Alanahr}}
| units1            = See [[Order of battle during the Ninvite War|order of battle]]
|{{flag|Latium}}
| units2            = See [[Order of battle during the Ninvite War|order of battle]]
|{{flag|Kembesa}}
| strength1        =
|{{flag|Vardana}}
| strength2        =
|{{flag|Yisrael}}
| casualties1      =
| casualties2      =
| casualties3      = '''Civilian dead:''' 900,000-2 million
}}
}}
| combatant2        = '''{{flag|Charnea}}'''
{{Collapsible list
| bullets = no
| title = '''Supported by:'''
|{{flag|Mutul}}
|{{flag|Itayana}}
}}
| commander1        = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Fahran}} '''[[Sabir Afzal Rahmani]]'''}}<br/> (Prime Minister of Fahran)
{{Collapsible list
| bullets = no
| title = Others:


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The '''Ninvite War''' ({{wp|Arabic|Gharbaic}}: حرب نينوى, ''Harb Nynwa''; {{wp|Tamashek}}: ⴰⵎⵢⴻⵔ ⵏⵉⵏⵠⴰ, ''Amyer Ninva'') was a protracted {{wp|Civil war|civil conflict}} between the [[Charnean Army]] and the armed wing of the [[Hatheria|Hatherian]] independence movement known as the [[Hatha]]. The conflict formally began with the  Hatha's 19 December 1975 declaration of war for [[Hatheria|Hatherian]] independence and was concluded 10 years 9 months and 5 days later with the 24 September 1986 armistice agreement under the [[Ninvite War#Armistice|Treaty of New Tyria]]. However, the actual duration of the conflict is highly disputed, with many{{who}} pointing to the initial outbreak of violent inter-ethnic struggle across east Charnea in the wake of the [[1965 al-Kira basin drought]] as the true start of the conflict, while the peace negotiations of 1986 that formally disbanded the Hatha created multiple splinter groups that continued to fight the Charnean Army well into the 1990s. The war encompassed most of the eastern [[Ninva|Ninva desert]] and parts of wider East Scipia and would directly involve neighboring [[Alanahr]], [[Fahran]], [[Kembesa]] and the [[Itayana|Amayana]] states of [[Makgato]] and [[Itayana Solar Autocracy|Lower Karana]]. The Ninvite War would come to be defined as a brutal {{wp|guerilla warfare|guerilla war}} fought in and around the populated areas of the eastern Ninva for over a decade, perpetuating the fast-evolving {{wp|insurgency|insurgent}}-{{wp|counterinsurgency|counterinsurgent}} arms race, and influencing military strategy around the world for decades after its conclusion.
| commander2        = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} '''[[Baseel Madoun]]'''}}<br />(Premier of Charnea)
 
{{Collapsible list
The devastation of the Ninvite War would leave an indelible mark on the East Scipian region. Between 900,000 and 2 million were killed in the war including both military and civilian dead, with between 3 and 5 million being permanently displaced. The region of Hatheria in eastern Charnea, which saw most of the direct clashes of the Ninvite War, has been affected by a lasting depopulation and still remains beneath the threshold of the pre-war figure of 2.2 million inhabitants from the 1964 census to the present day. In many cases, local residents fled to escape the fighting and never returned, re-settling in other countries or in other parts of Charnea. Although Charnea would eventually reverse its post-war economic depression, Hatheria never economically recovered from the war. The political fallout of the war also contributed to the collapse of ideologically pan-Gharbaic regime of [[Sabir Afzal Rahmani]] in Fahran and indirectly contributed to the [[Azwi]], a period of upheaval that would culminate in the overthrow of the Charnean regime. The Ninvite War is remembered as the bloodiest and most consequential war in the modern history of Scipia.{{citation needed}}
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| title = Others:
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} [[Imran Dey]]}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} [[Amastan Tifyet]]}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} [[Othman Tahenkot]]}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} [[Martuf Lamine]]}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Charnea}} [[Rali Zighzan]]}}
| {{nowrap|{{flagicon|Itayana}} [[Abiodun Sarimjatau II]]}}
}}
| units1            = see [[Order of battle during the Ninvite War|order of battle]]
| units2            = see [[Order of battle during the Ninvite War|order of battle]]
| strength1        = '''Start of war:'''
<br />210,000–250,000 soldiers
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|title = '''More:'''
|700–900 tanks,
<br />1,000 armoured vehicles,
<br />300 artillery pieces,
<br />485 fighter-bombers,
<br />750 helicopters
<br />
<br />'''In 1986:'''
<br />450,000 soldiers,
<br />700 tanks,
<br />2,700 armored vehicles,
<br />400 artillery pieces,
<br />350 aircraft,
<br />1,000 helicopters
<br />
<br />'''In 1987:'''
<br />600,000 soldiers,
<br />1,500+ tanks,
<br />3,500–4,000 armored vehicles
<br />600 heavy artillery pieces,
<br />500 fighter-bombers,
<br />1,200 helicopters
}}
| strength2        = '''Start of war:'''
<br />300,000 soldiers
{{Collapsible list
|title = '''More:'''
|1,000 tanks,
<br />4,000 armored vehicles,
<br />1,400 artillery pieces,
<br /> 380 fighter-bombers,
<br /> 350 helicopters
<br />
<br />'''In 1986:'''
<br />575,000 soldiers,
<br />1,200 tanks,
<br />2,300 armoured vehicles,
<br />1,700 artillery pieces,
<br />450 aircraft,
<br />580 helicopters
<br />
<br />'''In 1987:'''
<br />700,000 soldiers,
<br />1,500 tanks,
<br />3,000 armored vehicles
<br />4,000 artillery pieces,
<br />900 fighter-bombers,
<br />1,000 helicopters
}}
| casualties1      = '''Military dead:'''
<br />400,000–600,000
<br />
{{Collapsible list
| title = More:
| 323,220–360,000 {{wp|killed in action|KIA}},
<br /> 60,711 {{wp|missing in action|MIA}}
<br /> (Fahrani claim)
<br /> 800,000 killed or captured
<br /> (Charnean claim)
<br /> 320,000–500,000 {{wp|Wounded in action|WIA}}
<br />60,000–62,875 {{wp|Prisoner of war|POW}}
<br />11,000–26,000 {{wp|civilian casualties|civilian dead}}
<br />
<br /> '''Economic loss:'''
<br /> [[Latin solidus|$]]627&nbsp;billion
}}
| casualties2      = '''Military dead:''' <br />
405,000–500,000 <br />
{{Collapsible list
| title = More:
|500,000 {{wp|Wounded in action|WIA}}
<br /> 70,000 {{wp|Prisoner of war|POW}}
<br />
<br />'''Economic loss:'''
<br />[[Latin solidus|$]]561&nbsp;billion
}}
| casualties3      = '''Civilian dead:''' 100,000+
}}


The '''Ninvite War''' ({{wp|Arabic|Gharbaic}}: حرب نينوى, {{wp|Tamashek}}: ⴰⵎⵢⴻⵔ ⵏⵉⵏⵠⴰ) was an armed conflict between [[Fahran]] and [[Charnea]] that began on April 17, 1985 with the Charnean declaration of war. The outbreak of hostilities was preceded by the escalating [[Akzay War|guerilla conflict]] in the eastern Charnean region of [[Hatheria]] occurring from 1982 to the outbreak of the Ninvite War and continuing until 1986. The Charnean rationale for declaring open war with Fahran was the cited need to prevent the Gharib pan-nationalist regime of Fahrani prime minister [[Sabir Afzal Rahmani]] from supporting the predominantly Gharbaic rebel groups active in the east of Charnea and preventing the formation of a Fahrani-backed separatist state in Hatheria. Fahran cited numerous Charnean military incursions across the two nations' shared border as its {{wp|Casus belli|''casus belli''}}, characterizing the Charnean activities and later declaration of war as an unprovoked aggression towards neutral Fahran whilst denying Charnean allegations of Fahrani military support for Hatherian rebels. The conflict would earn its name two weeks into the start of open hostilities, through the remarks of Charnean Premier [[Baseel Madoun]] stating that "Fahran [had] provoked a war that would light the Ninva on fire".  
==Background==
==Foreign involvement==
===Itayana===
{{main|Thundering Elephant Army}}
Sparse available records indicate that the interest in the region appeared in several [[Governorate (Itayana)|governorates]] within several months of 1980 as the war reached its zenith and it has been confirmed that observers from the 6th, 7th, 10th, 29th and 33rd Governorates were present during the initial stages of war. These separate missions observed doctrinal and technical developments of the recent era, seeking to apply them during what was believed to be the inevitable conflict for reunification of [[Itayana]] and possibly further.


As part of the age-old [[Fahrani-Charnean conflict]], the outbreak of the Ninvite War inflamed regional tensions that had long simmered below the surface as a result of centuries old grievances. The scale of the war quickly drew the attention of many nations in the [[Ajax#Scipia|east Scipian region]] and the [[Association of Ozeros Nations]] of which Fahran was a member. Charnea drew military and economic support initially from local allies such as those in [[Itayana]] but would later be forced to look further afield, petitioning for aid from distant [[Mutul]]. Fahran was aided by neighboring [[Vardana]] with which the nation had coordial relations, and would begin to purchase arms from [[Alanahr]] and [[Latium]] as the war escalated.  
The situation changed after ICA defeats in Hatheria beginning in 1982. A special [[Thundering Elephant Army|expeditionary unit]] was formed from the forces of multiple governorates of the right bank of Karana and the Makgato plateau, commanded by Lord [[Abiodun II Sarimjatau]] of the 6th Shenmesu Governorate. Deployed in early 1984, it saw action in several Charnean offensive operations, most notably the [[Battle of Hamath]]. Perceiving the war as a training ground, governors made sure to rotate officers and enlisted to the frontlines and back; combined with often serious casualties, by the end of the war about two times more men served in the unit than had originally been deployed.


The conflict would be one of the bloodiest wars of the 20th century, rivalled only by the [[West Scipian Wars|Third and Fourth West Scipian Wars]] for the title of the largest war on the Scipian continent in that period. More than 1 million lives would be claimed by the fighting, with at least one in ten of those killed being civilian inhabitants of the conflict zone. The loss of life would be compounded by the economic loss of over [[Latin solidus|$]]1 trillion as a result of war-related economic stress and direct disruption of economic activity by the war. The regions of eastern Charnea, western Fahran and the territory of [[Happara]] later involved in the war are significantly impacted by the effects of the war even in the present day.
The role the war played in the political processes of modern Karana Basin appears to be crucial, yet is overall poorly assessed. High casualties included many dissenters from the officer corps of the governors, mostly hailing from the land-owning class. That allowed firmer and faster [[Itayana Solar Autocracy|consolidation of power]] for the [[Solar Temple of Yanbango]] in the lower Karana Basin. At the same time, changes in the command structure helped to cohere the interests of the Makgato governorates, culminating in the 1989 Statute of Yanomi that solidified the [[Makgato|Amayana Makgato Federation]]. The unit also served as a starting ground for the majority of the contemporary military staff across the Two Basins, and while the impact of military networking on Karanite regional politics is poorly understood, it may have contributed in ensuring stability after the [[Central Karana War]], preserving the independence of the Upper Karana.


==Background==
===Mutul===
===Fahran-Charnea relations===
The [[Mutul|Divine Kingdom]] exact role in the conflict remain an unclear and debated topic. Official documents concerning the Ninvite war are still classified and kept away by the [[Central Library]] with only a minority of historians being allowed to go through a selected panel of files.
===Akzay War===
{{main|Akzay War}}
The insurgency in Hatheria, known in Charnea as the Akzay or "Bastard" war, began as a result of a severe drought in eastern Charnea in 1982. The Charnean government tightened its water controls in reaction and deployed the [[Raxla]] into the region to enforce its policies, which involved the redistribution of water from the majority Gharbaic eastern Hatheria to the [[Deshrians|Deshrian]] and [[Tenerians|Tenerian]] majority areas in the central and western portions of east Charnea. This mitigated the drought for the western regions but caused a state of severe water shortage in the east, sparking off unrest. The Gharbaic minority in Charnea, long opposed to the rule of the Tenerian majority government, entered a state of armed resistance to the Raxla which forced the intervention of the [[Imperial Charnean Army]]. The Gharibs unilaterally declared their independence from the Charnean Empire, claiming themselves to be the independent nation of Hatheria with its capital in [[Hamath]], an act which marked the start of the Akzay war. The Gharib insurgency struggled for years in their attempts to force the capture of the Hatherian city of Hamath, their claimed capital city, which remained in Charnean hands for the duration of the conflict.  


The regime of Prime Minister Rahmani in Fahran, directly bordering the Charnean region of Hatheria, was sympathetic to the cause of the rebellion. The ideology of the Rahmani government was a mixture of secularism and pan-gharibist nationalism, which inclined the Fahrani state to align itself with Gharib nationalist separatists fighting an independence struggle against the non-Gharib Charnean state. Charnean repeatedly accused Fahran of supporting the rebels with funding and weapons, calling into question the providence of many items found in rebel bases, caches and in the possession of rebel fighters on several occasions. The Fahrani government denied the Charnean accusations on each occasion, claiming the discoveries to have been planted by the Charneans themselves to implicate Fahrani involvement. The Charnean army, unmoved by the denials of the Rahmani government, began a series of operations to cut off the supply of weapons, ammunition, food and volunteers across the Fahrani-Charnean border. These began as military operations within the context of the Akzay War, which re-established nominal Charnean government control over the area of the Fahrani-Charnean border, but would later escalate further as a result of rebel activity and lead to the start of the Ninvite War.
Charnea had already been an important client for the Mutulese industry. Before the war, the Mutulese aircraft manufacturer [[Ik' Chuk']] won an important state contract with the Desert Republic, refurbishing its air forces with its [[K'ak'mul 5]] {{wp|Fighter aircraft|jet fighters}}, deploying engineers and military trainers alongside the aircrafts. Many of these personel would still be present in the country at the start of the hostility.


===Border Conflicts===
Before any known involvement from the [[Divine Throne]], "Mutuleses" volunteers made their apparition in Charnea in 1983. These were Charnean-born [[Tenerians]] serving in the [[Divine Army of the Ninety-Nine Nations]] who despite their rigorous religious and political training had deserted to return defend their country. To this day, the surviving deserters are officially forbidden from setting foot in the Mutul under threat of {{wp|Human sacrifice in Maya culture|capital punishment}} for high treason if ever arrested, a condemnation unaffected by the various mass or specific pardons granted by the [[Divine Monarchy of the Mutul|K'uhul Ajaw]] in the past three decades.
The Imperial Charnean Army began military operations near the shared border in late 1984 as part of their effort to cut off the rebel forces from their suspected source of arms and supplies. This came at the tail of two years of frustration and consistent failure by the ICA to trap and defeat the rebels on the field of battle, and represented a change in tactics from pursuit of a tactical defeat of the rebels to a strategic one. However, the borders of eastern Charnea with many neighboring countries are generally open desert or otherwise hostile terrain that was difficult to monitor and fully secure with the technology of the early 1980s, forcing the Charnean army to take on a more aggressive approach in blocking the entry of any supply that might be smuggled through their blockade at the border. The ICA began a series of raids and ambushes in early 1985, several of which led to confrontations and even conflict with Fahrani forces at the border. On more than one occasion, Charnean units violated Fahrani territory in their operations to block Fahrani supply convoys from breaking their blockade and resupplying the rebels under siege across the Hatherian region. The Rahmani government issued protests and threatened reprisals for these border incursions, escalating to a major diplomatic incident between the two nations. While some parties in both governments had been involved in negotiations towards an end to the conflict since 1983, these had seen no progress and now broke off altogether. At some point in late 1984 or early 1985, high ranking members of the Imperial Charnean Army and the Charnean state reached the conclusion that the Rahmani regime in Fahran would continue to foment resistance to Charnean rule in the east under any circumstance, and that breaking the back of the Fahrani state and demilitarizing it would be the only way to secure a lasting peace in Hatheria and the rest of the Charnean east. Charnea had already amassed a significant force in Hatheria and the border region to fight the ongoing Akzay War, and so after only a brief buildup of forces, the Charnean Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Fahran.
==Course of the War==
===1985===
====Charnean Incursion====
The opening moments of the war between Charnea and Fahran took the form of a large scale Charnean aerial strike launched in the early morning of the 17th of  April 1985 with the intentions of destroying the Fahrani air force on the ground and securing Charnean dominance in the air for at a long period. Charnea possessed fewer fighter-bombers and combat aircraft than Fahran, and its air force was generally less well equipped with older airframes and weapons systems in its inventory. For this reason, Charnea aimed to neutralize the Fahrani air advantage and secure the skies as a prelude to a planned invasion of Fahran which Charnean leaders hoped would topple the Rahmani government and secure victory in a matter of months. The strike was successful in severely damaging many Fahrani airbases and base infrastructure, but proved far less effective at destroying the Fahrani combat aircraft themselves. As a result, after hurriedly repairing their runways, Fahrani bases were able to launch their superior fighter aircraft and launch retaliatory sorties against Charnean positions in Hatheria.  


The ICA leadership ordered the planned land invasion to go ahead regardless of the failure of the aerial attack to destroy the Fahrani air advantage, hoping to exploit the nearly 5 to 1 Charnean advantage in tanks and armored vehicles to punch through the Fahrani army's ground forces and proceed with the invasion plans. The incursion of Charnean forces into Fahran would begin on the 20th of April. Charnean armor, once over the Al-Kira river which marked the border at prepared crossing points, would traverse over open desert quickly to catch the Fahrani's by surprise. However, Fahrani forces were better prepared for the attack than expected thanks to the pre-emptive mobilization of the country ordered by Prime Minister Rahmani. In addition, the intact Fahrani air force was able to destroy a large number of vehicles involved in the Charnean attack over the border. The ICA units involved, planning to take the enemy by surprise and denuded of air cover, had not anticipated the enemy air superiority and was lacking in anti-aircraft defenses and countermeasures. In under 48 hours, the Charnean incursion into Fahran was called off and a full retreat back into Charnea was ordered. A number of units would become stranded on the Fahrani side of the Al-Kira river after Fahrani aircraft destroyed their bridges, resulting in the humiliating loss of a number of armored units. The attack was a resounding failure for the Charnean army, a sobering loss and one which prompted the hurried reshuffling of the army command and general staff.
In 1984, the K'uhul Ajaw bought Charnean {{wp|War bond}}s for an estimated total of 50 billion [[Latin solidus]]. The monetary influx was used notably to buy more [[K'ak'mul 5]] to replenish the air force dwindling number of aircrafts. An operation made easier by the fact the war bonds had already been paid in [[B'ul]], the Mutul' legal currency. Later in the same year, Mutuleses great houses such as the [[Ilok'tab Dynasty|Ilok'tab]], the [[House of Chel|Chel]], or the [[House of Xiu|Xiu]], agreed to a new joint credit operation to Charnea, injecting another 10 billion in the desert country, while the K'uhul Ajaw validated the demand by Charnea' government to the Mutul' {{wp|central bank}} for another 20 billion solidus while the Divine Lord continued to buy various Charnean obligations and bonds and encouraged other Mutuleses investors to do so as well. By 1986, the Mutulese financial support had been massive, reaching a total 100 billion solidus. A large portion of the money will serve to buy aircrafts, vehicles, missiles, guns, and other weapons from the [[Mutul]] directly or from other sources such as the then still unstable [[Elatia]].
====Fahrani counter-attack====
The disorganized state of the Charnean forces in Hatheria invited the Fahrani army to launch a retaliatory strike through the first weeks of May against the positions of the ICA across the Al-Kira. Simultaneously, the Hatherian rebels stepped up their attacks in response to the weakening of the ICA positions against them as a result of the opening moves of the war, causing further disarray among the Charnean forces. ICA units, many already weakened by losses suffered in the failed incursion against Fahran, suffered serious damage. Many units, such as the 11th motor rifle regiment, functionally ceased to exist with remnants scattering into the Hatherian portion of the Ninva desert to the west of the combat zone, later being absorbed into other units. Reinforcements from the reserves intended to contain the rebels and exploit the expected breakthrough in Fahran were called forward only sporadically, as the reshuffling of the Charnean high command was contributing to the discoordination on the front. After two days of heavy losses, the new Charnean high command ordered a general withdrawal from the contested regions in Hatheria to a new defensive line around the built up areas of Deshret, abutting the Alanahri border. This order was met with some disobedience, as a number of subordinate Charnean officers at the divisional and regimental command levels opted instead to make a stand at Hamath and deny the city to the rebels, now linked up with their Fahrani allies quickly deploying into the region. A significant Fahrani-Hatherian force moved to break the defenders at Hamath, initiating what would become a grueling siege of the city against stubborn Charnean defense. As the month of May drew to a close and June began, the momentum of the massive Fahrani counter-offensive would break against the Charnean defenses in front of Deshret and in the surrounding positions in Hamath.
====War in Hatheria====
The war in Hatheria would become one of the most protracted and bloodiest phases of the war as front lines crystalized and an attritional contest set in. The Fahrani air force had more advanced and more numerous airframes in the air over the region, yet the Charneans were desperately contesting Fahrani air power with sorties of their own, as well as the rushed deployment of their air defense stockpiles consisting primarily of mid and short ranged missile systems and anti-aircraft cannons on mobile platforms. Thanks to their numerical and technological advantage, the Fahrani air force maintained a lasting advantage in the air and consistently carried out strikes against the besieged Charnean positions in Hamath, but faced the deadly obstacle of massed Charnean air defense missile systems in their attacks against the main Charnean defensive line on the approaches to Deshret region and in the open desert where those Charnean air defense units mobile enough to operate in the desert did so with the cover of the feared Charnean raider units. These were small, highly mobile motorized units armed with [[A45 Torka]] armored car and the new [[A84 Inabarom]] infantry fighting vehicle that excelled in ambush and hit-and-run attacks in the hostile terrain of the Ninva, considered to be qualitatively the best trained and most elite units of the ICA. These raiding units faced motorized units of the Fahrani army as well as Hatherian forces equipped with improvised fighting vehicles, primarily used to screen armored pincers of the regular Fahrani army attempting to carry out attacks on the southwestern flanks of the main Charnean defensive positions. In contrast to many of the other Charnean front line units, the Charnean raiders excelled in their role and frequently outmaneuvered the opposition in the open desert. Besides the superior training of these units compared to the rest of the ICA, the style of engagement in the open Ninva was much closer to the traditional Charnean light cavalry tactics and desert warfare doctrine with which the ICA was well acquainted. The more conventional modernized Fahrani army adapted quickly to conditions on the Ninvite front, drawing on their own experiences in the desert and their Bedouin Gharib heritage, but remained on the backfoot under of the oppressive campaign of harassment and disruption of their Charnean opposition. As the campaign mounted, both sides made greater and greater use of {{wp|Technical (vehicle)|chariot-type}} improvised fighting vehicles fashioned from all manner of civilian automobiles to fill the gaps in these raider units as the production of new armored cars and IFVs could not keep up with attrition. The battle of the Hatherian Ninva would be dubbed the "Chariot War" after the Charnean term for the improvised vehicles that would become its hallmark.
===1986===
====End of the Hatherian campaign====
====Invasion of Happara====
====Breakthrough in the Hasidmawt====
===1987===
====Struggle in Western Fahran====
====Ihemod Line====
====Stalemate====
====Ceasefire====
==Aftermath==
===Casualties===
===Economic situation===
===End of the Rahmani Regime===
==Foreign involvement==
===Alanahr===
The [[Alanahr|Kingdom of Alanahr]] had expressed great concern and dissatisfaction with the escalation of the conflict since the outbreak out of the Akzay War and the Charnean accusations of Fahrani involvement in 1982 and '83. The Alanahri state was involved in the attempted brokering of a peace agreement to end the Akzay War and the tensions between the belligerent powers from that point until the outbreak of the Ninvite War in 1985. Alanahr followed a policy of neutrality in the war, supporting neither party during the war in Hatheria. However, the Alanahri government would be provoked to change this policy and begin offering material aid to Fahran in retaliation to the Charnean violation of Happaran neutrality in mid 1986. The aid remained minor, however, and largely aimed as diplomatic leverage against Charnea which would eventually affect the relinquishing of Happaran territory and renegotiation of Happara's neutrality. At the insistence of Alanahri diplomats, Charnea would be included as guarantor of Happara, an agreement in which Charnea barred itself from moving any forces into Happaran territory. Alanahr would also be involved in the peace talks which would eventually culminate in ceasefire and the final armistice of the Treaty of Kahrash.
===Yisrael===


[[Yisrael|The Kingdom of Yisrael]] and  Fahran had deep ties going back centuries, especially among the mercantile [[Jewish_diaspora_(Ajax)#Fahrani_Jews|Fahrani Jewish]] families who engaged in long-range trade with their Yisraeli cousins across [[Ajax#Continents|North Scipia]] and [[Ninva|the Ninva Desert]]. In the aftermath of the fall of the [[Autocracy regime]] in Yisrael, certain senior Azoulayist supporters fled to Fahran, where the late dictator had distant relatives influential in local politics. After some tensions, the two governments began to strengthen ties during the [[Yarden Accords#Peace process|Yarden peace process]] in the late 1960s. Meanwhile, Yisraeli feelings soured on the Charneans, who they viewed as local puppets of the [[Mutul|the Mutulese]] due to [[Darkness_in_the_Heart_of_Oxidentale#Yisrael|the anti-Mutul panic in the 1950s]] and irritating neighbors who permitted a {{wp|wild west}}-style atmosphere at the the northwestern fringe of the Great Ninva desert. Furthermore, inside Charnea, the [[Ashkans]], a group comprising the descendants of vanquished Temple-era {{wp|Karaites|heretics}}, claimed Jewish descent and legitimacy, irking the religious authorities in Yisrael. {{wp|Globalization|As new and fast modes of travel and technology quickened the worldwide exchange and movement of people and ideas}} over the course of the 1950s-1970s, such perspectives were being brought to the attention of Yisraeli audiences.
The reasons behind the Divine Throne late but valuable direct help to Charnea remain unclear. The Desert Country had become during the 20th century a valuable client especially when it came to military affairs. Economically, it is questionable if such a middle-tier economic partner, especially one with a negligible amount of long-term investments in it, was worth such a risky, sudden, 100 billion loan. Not all of that money was lost to the Mutul as a country: part of it served as a "stimulus check" to the militaro-industrial complex as the Charnean used their B'ulob to buy military equipment and supplies. But a large part of the money went to pay for the training and sustainment of the army, the maintenance of their equipment, the reconstruction of destroyed roads and rails, the stockpiling of rations and other supplies, etc... money virtually lost for the Mutul in the short term.


As [[Open Fifties|the era of liberal ascendancy]] was receding inside Yisrael, the view of Fahran was on the rise and Charnea on the decline. The three-term [[Royalist Conservative Party (Yisrael)|Conservative]] [[Presidency of Yisrael|presidencies]] of [[List_of_heads_of_government_of_Yisrael|the Schwartz-Citron era]] reset Yisraeli foreign policy, pushing a more expansive, post-Yarden view that emphasized buttressing [[Western_Monarchies#Royalist_Foreign_Policy_theory|supportive monarchies]]. The Akzay War broke out during the last two years of President Binyamin Schwartz, and he denounced the Charnean actions as "brutal" and "aggressive," and further defended Fahran's defense of its neutrality with the independence move. Clandestinely, he organized {{wp|black budget}} arms sales to Fahran with [[Knesset]]'s consent in 1983 and 1984.  
Some historians and geopoliticians have theorized that the cultural ties between the two countries, symbolized by the [[Tazzarat]], have played their role in convincing the Divine Throne to so massively help Charnea. Especially when the Mutul had just gone through the collapse of one of its partner ([[Elatia]]) and might have been scared into action seeing another partner in danger which would have left the Mutul closer and closer to isolation. This vision of the Ninvite War as part of a larger {{wp|Culture war}} between the theoretical [[White Path]] world and the [[Periclean world|Periclean monarchies]] has also been criticized as not matching previous patterns of behavior from the Mutul. The argument of the Divine Throne being concerned about a potential isolation doesn't really add up either when its economy had already picked up after the 50s crisis through partnership with [[Tsurushima]] and [[Sante Reze]], tying the Mutul deeply to their respective economic spheres.


His successor, Michoel Citron, continued quiet support of the Fahranis, and forcefully condemned the early 1985 Charnean offensive and declaration of war. Once war was official, Yisrael openly sold and/or supplied small and heavy arms to the Fahranis for their war effort, as well as provided an economic aid package in 1986 through Knesset appropriations. At the request of the Fahranis, a volunteer unit at the regiment-level was formed from Yisraeli military veterans that saw action in Happara and the Ihemod Line in 1986-1987.  
A later interpretation of the events was that the Mutul simply seized an opportunity it did not foresee and gambled upon it. When seen from the 2020s, this seems a natural conclusion: following the war, ties between Charnea and the Mutul were deeper than ever with economic, cultural, and even political and military cooperation reaching unprecedented levels. However, this a-posteriori reading seemingly forget that, in the aftermath of the Ninvite War, relations between the two countries became tense, glacial even. The burden of the war debt weighted on all of Charnea and the Divine Throne only agreed to debt reductions if the Charneans were capable of offering something equally valuable in return. It is only after the [[Seven Day Coup]] of 2013 that relations between the Mutul and Charnea normalized once more.


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Latest revision as of 16:32, 15 November 2024

Ninvite War
Date19 December 1975 – 24 September 1986
(10 years, 9 months and 5 days)
Location
East Scipia, Ninva desert
Result

Charnean victory

  • Military defeat of the Hatherian liberation movement
  • Negotiated disbandment of the Hatha
  • Fahrani dictator Sabir Afzal Rahmani steps down.
  • Treaty of New Tyria establishes armistice.
Territorial
changes		 No territorial changes
Units involved
See order of battle See order of battle
Casualties and losses
Civilian dead: 900,000-2 million

The Ninvite War (Gharbaic: حرب نينوى, Harb Nynwa; Tamashek: ⴰⵎⵢⴻⵔ ⵏⵉⵏⵠⴰ, Amyer Ninva) was a protracted civil conflict between the Charnean Army and the armed wing of the Hatherian independence movement known as the Hatha. The conflict formally began with the Hatha's 19 December 1975 declaration of war for Hatherian independence and was concluded 10 years 9 months and 5 days later with the 24 September 1986 armistice agreement under the Treaty of New Tyria. However, the actual duration of the conflict is highly disputed, with many[who?] pointing to the initial outbreak of violent inter-ethnic struggle across east Charnea in the wake of the 1965 al-Kira basin drought as the true start of the conflict, while the peace negotiations of 1986 that formally disbanded the Hatha created multiple splinter groups that continued to fight the Charnean Army well into the 1990s. The war encompassed most of the eastern Ninva desert and parts of wider East Scipia and would directly involve neighboring Alanahr, Fahran, Kembesa and the Amayana states of Makgato and Lower Karana. The Ninvite War would come to be defined as a brutal guerilla war fought in and around the populated areas of the eastern Ninva for over a decade, perpetuating the fast-evolving insurgent-counterinsurgent arms race, and influencing military strategy around the world for decades after its conclusion.

The devastation of the Ninvite War would leave an indelible mark on the East Scipian region. Between 900,000 and 2 million were killed in the war including both military and civilian dead, with between 3 and 5 million being permanently displaced. The region of Hatheria in eastern Charnea, which saw most of the direct clashes of the Ninvite War, has been affected by a lasting depopulation and still remains beneath the threshold of the pre-war figure of 2.2 million inhabitants from the 1964 census to the present day. In many cases, local residents fled to escape the fighting and never returned, re-settling in other countries or in other parts of Charnea. Although Charnea would eventually reverse its post-war economic depression, Hatheria never economically recovered from the war. The political fallout of the war also contributed to the collapse of ideologically pan-Gharbaic regime of Sabir Afzal Rahmani in Fahran and indirectly contributed to the Azwi, a period of upheaval that would culminate in the overthrow of the Charnean regime. The Ninvite War is remembered as the bloodiest and most consequential war in the modern history of Scipia.[citation needed]


Background

Foreign involvement

Itayana

Main article: Thundering Elephant Army

Sparse available records indicate that the interest in the region appeared in several governorates within several months of 1980 as the war reached its zenith and it has been confirmed that observers from the 6th, 7th, 10th, 29th and 33rd Governorates were present during the initial stages of war. These separate missions observed doctrinal and technical developments of the recent era, seeking to apply them during what was believed to be the inevitable conflict for reunification of Itayana and possibly further.

The situation changed after ICA defeats in Hatheria beginning in 1982. A special expeditionary unit was formed from the forces of multiple governorates of the right bank of Karana and the Makgato plateau, commanded by Lord Abiodun II Sarimjatau of the 6th Shenmesu Governorate. Deployed in early 1984, it saw action in several Charnean offensive operations, most notably the Battle of Hamath. Perceiving the war as a training ground, governors made sure to rotate officers and enlisted to the frontlines and back; combined with often serious casualties, by the end of the war about two times more men served in the unit than had originally been deployed.

The role the war played in the political processes of modern Karana Basin appears to be crucial, yet is overall poorly assessed. High casualties included many dissenters from the officer corps of the governors, mostly hailing from the land-owning class. That allowed firmer and faster consolidation of power for the Solar Temple of Yanbango in the lower Karana Basin. At the same time, changes in the command structure helped to cohere the interests of the Makgato governorates, culminating in the 1989 Statute of Yanomi that solidified the Amayana Makgato Federation. The unit also served as a starting ground for the majority of the contemporary military staff across the Two Basins, and while the impact of military networking on Karanite regional politics is poorly understood, it may have contributed in ensuring stability after the Central Karana War, preserving the independence of the Upper Karana.

Mutul

The Divine Kingdom exact role in the conflict remain an unclear and debated topic. Official documents concerning the Ninvite war are still classified and kept away by the Central Library with only a minority of historians being allowed to go through a selected panel of files.

Charnea had already been an important client for the Mutulese industry. Before the war, the Mutulese aircraft manufacturer Ik' Chuk' won an important state contract with the Desert Republic, refurbishing its air forces with its K'ak'mul 5 jet fighters, deploying engineers and military trainers alongside the aircrafts. Many of these personel would still be present in the country at the start of the hostility.

Before any known involvement from the Divine Throne, "Mutuleses" volunteers made their apparition in Charnea in 1983. These were Charnean-born Tenerians serving in the Divine Army of the Ninety-Nine Nations who despite their rigorous religious and political training had deserted to return defend their country. To this day, the surviving deserters are officially forbidden from setting foot in the Mutul under threat of capital punishment for high treason if ever arrested, a condemnation unaffected by the various mass or specific pardons granted by the K'uhul Ajaw in the past three decades.

In 1984, the K'uhul Ajaw bought Charnean War bonds for an estimated total of 50 billion Latin solidus. The monetary influx was used notably to buy more K'ak'mul 5 to replenish the air force dwindling number of aircrafts. An operation made easier by the fact the war bonds had already been paid in B'ul, the Mutul' legal currency. Later in the same year, Mutuleses great houses such as the Ilok'tab, the Chel, or the Xiu, agreed to a new joint credit operation to Charnea, injecting another 10 billion in the desert country, while the K'uhul Ajaw validated the demand by Charnea' government to the Mutul' central bank for another 20 billion solidus while the Divine Lord continued to buy various Charnean obligations and bonds and encouraged other Mutuleses investors to do so as well. By 1986, the Mutulese financial support had been massive, reaching a total 100 billion solidus. A large portion of the money will serve to buy aircrafts, vehicles, missiles, guns, and other weapons from the Mutul directly or from other sources such as the then still unstable Elatia.

The reasons behind the Divine Throne late but valuable direct help to Charnea remain unclear. The Desert Country had become during the 20th century a valuable client especially when it came to military affairs. Economically, it is questionable if such a middle-tier economic partner, especially one with a negligible amount of long-term investments in it, was worth such a risky, sudden, 100 billion loan. Not all of that money was lost to the Mutul as a country: part of it served as a "stimulus check" to the militaro-industrial complex as the Charnean used their B'ulob to buy military equipment and supplies. But a large part of the money went to pay for the training and sustainment of the army, the maintenance of their equipment, the reconstruction of destroyed roads and rails, the stockpiling of rations and other supplies, etc... money virtually lost for the Mutul in the short term.

Some historians and geopoliticians have theorized that the cultural ties between the two countries, symbolized by the Tazzarat, have played their role in convincing the Divine Throne to so massively help Charnea. Especially when the Mutul had just gone through the collapse of one of its partner (Elatia) and might have been scared into action seeing another partner in danger which would have left the Mutul closer and closer to isolation. This vision of the Ninvite War as part of a larger Culture war between the theoretical White Path world and the Periclean monarchies has also been criticized as not matching previous patterns of behavior from the Mutul. The argument of the Divine Throne being concerned about a potential isolation doesn't really add up either when its economy had already picked up after the 50s crisis through partnership with Tsurushima and Sante Reze, tying the Mutul deeply to their respective economic spheres.

A later interpretation of the events was that the Mutul simply seized an opportunity it did not foresee and gambled upon it. When seen from the 2020s, this seems a natural conclusion: following the war, ties between Charnea and the Mutul were deeper than ever with economic, cultural, and even political and military cooperation reaching unprecedented levels. However, this a-posteriori reading seemingly forget that, in the aftermath of the Ninvite War, relations between the two countries became tense, glacial even. The burden of the war debt weighted on all of Charnea and the Divine Throne only agreed to debt reductions if the Charneans were capable of offering something equally valuable in return. It is only after the Seven Day Coup of 2013 that relations between the Mutul and Charnea normalized once more.

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